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This is actually the first full episode I've seen since the new dub started. The new actors (that goes for both the main and filler characters) still sound like they're reading right off a script, but they're slowly improving.

I loved the battle between Brock and Bonsly. The music was even pretty good.

They said shuriken in Pokémon? Oh, but PUSA sucks at keeping true to the original...who wants to bet 4kids would have called it a "star" or "ninja star".

Nobody likes Bonsly?

The first ninja seen did sound a LOT like Gary.

He sounded almost exactly like the dub Gary.

News flash! There can't be a "dub Gary". Because in Japan, his name was Shigeru. It's Shigeru and Gary. No "dub Shigeru", "dub Gary", "Japanese Shigeru" or "Japanese Gary". Shigeru and Gary. Just like Satoshi and Ash. And Haruka and May. And Takeshi and Brock. And...do you get the point?

News flash! There can't be a "dub Gary". Because in Japan, his name was Shigeru. It's Shigeru and Gary. No "dub Shigeru", "dub Gary", "Japanese Shigeru" or "Japanese Gary". Shigeru and Gary. Just like Satoshi and Ash. And Haruka and May. And Takeshi and Brock. And...do you get the point?

Bonsly got on my friggin' nerves...All through the whole episode which kept me from enjoying this episode to an extent. I have to do this, every time I see Brock holding Bonsly, feeding it and what-not, I'm always waiting for Bonsly to pee right on Brock. It's just something you're just waiting for but know it ain't gonna happen. Oh yes, near the end, James and Meowth dressed up like Jessie, that made it all funny.

Bonsly got on my friggin' nerves...All through the whole episode which kept me from enjoying this episode to an extent. I have to do this, every time I see Brock holding Bonsly, feeding it and what-not, I'm always waiting for Bonsly to pee right on Brock. It's just something you're just waiting for but know it ain't gonna happen. Oh yes, near the end, James and Meowth dressed up like Jessie, that made it all funny.

And so that's all I can comment on!

OK, I am now officially crushed. I can't believe that everyone hates bonsly (and yes, it is Bon-sly, not Bons-lee, he is a sly bonsai tree, not the dad from Happy Days).
Much like Usohatchi, Bonsly is a high pitched baby pokemon.
He doesn't sound too terrifically different from the way 4Kids dubbed him. When I first heard him in Movie 8, I knew I wanted to voice him. I specifically requested to voice him and pretty much floored everyone in the studio when I went from Brock voice to Bonsly in this episode. Sarah insisted that it couldn't be my voice until I did it for her in person. Actually, when I did the opening sequence, I blew the levels for the engineer as he was totally not expecting that to come out of me.
Bonsly is what would happen if Frank Welker did voices for Pokemon. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Frank's work, he was Uni in the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, he was Abu in Aladdin, Slimer in the Ghostbusters cartoon, Nibbler in Futurama and hundreds of others.
This was one of the reasons that I wanted to voice him. I have done so many different types of voices in anime, but I've never really had the chance to do a really cartoony voice. He is one of my favorite Pokemon and I really thought that he would be much better received.
I have to say that this was not the response I had expected.

(Goes off to sulk in his corner.)

"Even now, he sulks like Achilles in his tent. Achilles? The Iliad? It's Homer??? READ A BOOK!" - Handy

There is no need to take it personally, most of us hated Usohachi's voice also. (I actually think that people hate the crying more than the actual voice.) For what it's worth, I like your redition of Bonsly, you did quite a fantastic job with it's expression. I had no idea you were capable of such a wide range of voices. (I didn't even know you were Bonsly, until reading that post.)

Bonsly kinda mellows out a little after this episode NewBrock, so I wouldn't take any of the complaints to heart. As Kuroshi said, it's more than likely due to the fact that the pokémon just refused to shut-up crying during most of the episode, so that's hardly your fault
I'm sure people will come to appreciate Bonsly's voice in upcoming episodes. It still remains as a rather babyish pokémon that craves attention, but it cuts down on the crying drastically. And it gets some pretty funny moments too~

Originally Posted by S.Suikun

So like...am I the only one who has actually been pronouncing it "BON-SLY" ever since Day 1? Kinda like how I was the only one who wasn't pronouncing Sceptile with the "k" sound?

Nope, you're not.....ahh, shoot. I forgot to bring my big, neon arrow sign with the text 'I PRONOUNCED IT BON-SLY TOO!'. But gimme a break...I only ever need it twice per week :/
Quite frankly, I don't understand why so many people weren't pronouncing it like that. The pun in it's name was so painfully obvious. Hell it even sounds like 'Bonsai'.

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Nope, you're not.....ahh, shoot. I forgot to bring my big, neon arrow sign with the text 'I PRONOUNCED IT BON-SLY TOO!'. But gimme a break...I only ever need it twice per week :/
Quite frankly, I don't understand why so many people weren't pronouncing it like that. The pun in it's name was so painfully obvious. Hell it even sounds like 'Bonsai'.

I also figured out it was Bonsly extremely early...

However, it took me till like the Sceptile appeared in the dub to realized it was "Scep" as is "Septic Tank".